Curtain-supporting attachment



'May 1, 1923.

V. NOLE CURTAIN SUPPORTING ATTACHMENT Filedil A .96

R .MY m JM N I R E 0 v or N I. A

Patented May 1, 1923.

UNIT

VITO NOLE, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

CURTAIN-SUPPORTING- .ATTACHIEENT. I

Application filed January 14, .1919. Serial No. 271,Q61.

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Be it known that I, Vrro NOLE, a citizen of the United States, residin at Newark, in the county of Essex and tate of New Jersey, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Curtain-Supporting Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as .will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in adjustable curtain-supporting means for windows; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to'

a novel attaching means, in the form of plates which are adapted to be secured to the window-casing, or the like, and with which the supporting bar or rod is removably and adjustably connected, the device being also adapted for use as a towel-rack, or other suitable supporting means.

The present invention'has for its principal object to provide a novel supporting meansor carrier of the general arrangement and combination of devices and parts to be hereinafter more particularlyset forth, the same comprising a pair of supporting fixtures or plates adapted to be easily secured in fixed positions to a window-casing, or wall, and a supporting rod or bar provided at its bent or curved end-portions with slides adapted to be slidably and removably mounted with relation to said fixtures or plates, so that the supportingbar o1 rod upon which the curtain or towel is supported or carried, can be easily and quickly removed, when it is desired to clean the window, or for other purposes, without the necessity of having to remove the supportinvention in view, the said invention con-, sists, primarily, in the novel curta1n-support or carrier for windows hereinafter set forth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the novel arrangements and combinations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the detailsof the construction of the said parts, all of which will bemore fully described in the following specification, and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appendedto and which form an assentialpart'of the said specification. I j ,7 The invention is clearly illustrated in the 7o accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a front view of the upper portion of a window-casing and a curtain-supporting means secured in'position to said window-casing, the same illustrating one em bodiment of the principles of the present in-- vention; and Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment, looking in the direction of the arrow X in said Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a vertical section takenon line. 3-3 insaid Fig. 1, said view bei'ng made on an enlarged scale;and Fig. i'is a horizontal' sectional representation, taken on 1 line 4- in said Fig. 1, said view being also. made on an enlarged scale.

Similar characters of reference are em-i ployed in all or the said above' described views, to indicate corresponding parts."

Referring now to the several figures of i the drawings, the reference-character 1 ining, door-frame, or the like, to which are sei cured,'as shown in Figures 1 and'2, the pre'-' viously mentioned supporting fixtures '2 and 3, by means of screws 4, or other suitable fastening means. In the construction represented 111 Flg'ures 1 to 4 inclusive, each fixture or element 2 and 3 has its marginal edge-portions, which extend vertically when V secured to the window-casing or door-frame.

bent over upon the face of each plate, the lower portions 5 being forced down tightly upon the face of each plate, but the upper portions 6 being bent so as to provide suitable guiding spaces 7, as will be clearly seen from an inspection of Figures 3 and 4 of the drawings. The outwardly extending parts 8 between saidlower portions 5 and i said upper portions 6 provide suitable supporting stops 8, the purposes of which will be clearly understood from an inspection of Figures 1 and 3.

90 dicates the upper portion of a window-cas- Slidably and removably disposed in the said guiding spaces 7 of the respective fixtures or elements 2 and 3, with their lower marginal edge-portions 1O resting upon said stops 8 are suitably formed slide-plates 9, each plate having suitably secured thereto, by means of a thimble 11, or in any other manner, the end-portions, as 1 1, of a pair of sup-porting rods 12 and 13. Usuallythese rods are made so that the end-portion 15 of the one rod 13 will slip into the tubular end-portion 16 of the other rod 12, or vice versa, for proper adjustment of said rods 12 and 13 with relation to said fixtures or elements 2 and 3, as will be clearly understood. That the end-portions 14 and 15 of said rods can be readily brought into their telescopic relation, the smaller of said rods, as 13. may have suitably secured in its tubular end-portion 15, a member 17 having a. pointed or similarly shaped end 18, as indicated in dotted outline in Figure 1 of the drawings, the purpose of which will be clearly understood from an inspection of said Figure 1.

Of course I am aware, that changes maybe made in the various arrangements and com-- binations of the several devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of said parts, without departing from the scope of the present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification, and as defined in the clauses of the claims which are appended to the said specification. Hence, I do not limit my present invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself tothe exact details of the construction of the said parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

lnii curtain-attachment for windows, and the like, comprising a pair of rectang' ularly-shaped supporting elements adapted to be secured in fixed positions, each sup porting element having its vertically disposed margins bent over into positions parallel with the face of said supporting element, the upper portions of said bent margins being spaced from said face to provide guide-ways, thereby to provide astop between each tightly forced down portion and the guide-way, the lower portion of each supporting element beneath said stops being provided with an exposed perforation for the reception of a securing means, a pair of slide-plates movably disposed between the guide-ways of the respective supporting eieinents, said slideeplates normallly resting upon said stops, and a supporting rod connected at its ends with said slide-plates.

A curtain-attachment for windows, and the like, comprising a pair of rectangularly-shaped supporting elements adapted to be secured in fixed positions, each supporting element having its vertically disposed margins bent over into positions parallel with the face of said supporting element, the upper portions of said bent margins being spaced from said face to provide guide-ways, thereby to provide a stop between each t'ightly forced down portion and the guide-way, the lower portion of each supporting element beneath said stops being provided with an exposed perforation for the reception of a receiving means, a pair of slide-plates movably disposed between the guide-ways of the respective supporting ele ments, said slide-plates normally resting upon said stops, and a supporting rod connected at its ends with said slide-plates, said rod comprising a pair of telescopically arranged tubular members, and a pointed in serting member extending from one of said tubular members.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of January, 1919.

VITO NOLE.

lVitnesses Fnnnx C. FRAEN'IZEL, Banana SUTTERLIN. 

